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Subject: Great post, M&M


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Rae
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Date Posted: 04:33:16 09/11/03 Thu
In reply to: m&m 's message, "*Shrugs* I just can't consider that *Todd* really won anything..." on 18:44:22 09/08/03 Mon
 "Recasting Todd---It's like putting a fine wine label on grape juice"


That pretty much says it all.



>...if Roger Howarth isn't in the role anymore.
>
>Todd Manning was never alive merely because he *was*
>on paper...if that was the truth of it, he wouldn't
>have lasted long enough to get a name beyond Frat Boy.
> Transferring the words on that paper next to the name
>Todd Manning to someone else never will make him Todd
>Manning for me, so the thought of any kind of victory
>involving the character at this point doesn't
>personally seem worth the brain cells used to
>contemplate it.
>
>Recasting Todd---It's like putting a fine wine label
>on grape juice and trying to tell me that I just won
>myself the original, one of a kind, amazingly
>exquisite and beyond price vintage to have one heck of
>a party with guaranteed to leave me with the same
>kick-ass unforgettable experience just because the
>label says it should be so.
>
>Especially when the grape juice is suddenly moved to
>play the piano. *blink, blink*
>
>Fan stuff...I'm not gonna go there except to say that
>personally, I think everybody who loved Todd Manning
>has lost...it's just a case of when you feel you did.
>
>Blair stuff...I'm not going to go there just because
>I'm not going to go there. ;)
>
>And Tea? ooooh, oooooh (waving my hand in the air).
>Meeeeee! Meeeee! She was my own priceless answer, and
>therin lies the only victory I need. :)
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Welcome, Rae! (NT)Holly08:19:17 09/11/03 Thu
Thanks...it's just the way I feel.m&m10:29:06 09/11/03 Thu

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